jt04
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Yes, that makes sense. I'm learning to just assume the predictions of doom are always wrong.
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Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios
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Yes, that makes sense. I'm learning to just assume the predictions of doom are always wrong.
Stripes
Premium Member
I definitely would be. But, that wasn't my experience. We waited 60 minutes and there was plenty of room left in the queue. Weird.
Maybe one or two of the turntables was experiencing problems and they had to open up overflow? Just a guess.
Marc Davis Fan
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Writing from Disneyland tonight. Just left the park. This is my third time visiting Galaxy’s Edge (it’s amazing, FYI).
The extended queue for the Smuggler’s Run was in use throughout the afternoon on all three visits - and they were low-crowd-level days. Hopefully, the implementation of FastPass for Smuggler’s Run will actually cause the number of guests in the standby line to go down (even though wait times will go up), as somebody here suggested.
If they’ll still have to use the extended queue (or if they don’t implement FP soon), they should REALLY invest a few thousand dollars to make it a covered area that prevents backstage views. It’s ridiculous to build such a perfectly-designed land with impeccable sightlines, and then let this happen.
And while the land is an extraordinary accomplishment, it really suffers from Chapek having cancelled the roaming entertainment. That would have completed the “world-building” and pushed the experience into unprecedented territory. Instead, there’s a very strong sense that something’s just missing. This was a serious screw-up, and I hope they greenlight roaming aliens and droids soon.
The extended queue for the Smuggler’s Run was in use throughout the afternoon on all three visits - and they were low-crowd-level days. Hopefully, the implementation of FastPass for Smuggler’s Run will actually cause the number of guests in the standby line to go down (even though wait times will go up), as somebody here suggested.
If they’ll still have to use the extended queue (or if they don’t implement FP soon), they should REALLY invest a few thousand dollars to make it a covered area that prevents backstage views. It’s ridiculous to build such a perfectly-designed land with impeccable sightlines, and then let this happen.
And while the land is an extraordinary accomplishment, it really suffers from Chapek having cancelled the roaming entertainment. That would have completed the “world-building” and pushed the experience into unprecedented territory. Instead, there’s a very strong sense that something’s just missing. This was a serious screw-up, and I hope they greenlight roaming aliens and droids soon.
Stripes
Premium Member
He did. I only heard clips of the one track released so far on the Millennium Falcon ride. It's abundantly clear to me that the land is not finished. When it is, it'll be fantastic...but it's not.
HauntedMansionFLA
Well-Known Member
Wait till August 29th
jt04
Well-Known Member
The phased opening at Disneyland may have burned off the craziness. But I do agree the WDW version won't have a time when the crowds are light. Ever.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Then why are there resort discounts for fall?
It won’t be as quiet as DL. That’s for sure. That doesn’t happen at WDW anymore.
mikejs78
Well-Known Member
Maybe because Disney rack rates are above market value?
To be fair, the resort discounts for the fall are much more restrictive and much less than in the the past.
Anecdote: I have a friend that goes every September and stays on property. This year he was planning on staying offsite because of no discounts and he felt rack rate was too high, not what he normally is used to paying, but still go. Now he cancelled his offsite reservation and booked on property.
jt04
Well-Known Member
It doesn't matter that people are waiting for RotR. There will be more than enough guests on property plus locals to keep SW:GE very busy.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Bookings for fall are not where they want them, regardless of cause. They thought the drive to see SWGE in any form was enough to convince people to pay their inflated rates. They were wrong.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
TDO wishes they had your confidence.
SpoiledBlueMilk
Well-Known Member
So this view is okay for 1,388 paying customers per hour anytime the Millennium Falcon wait time goes over 45 minutes long, but you can't have music in Star Wars Land because John Williams didn't live in that galaxy? I'm so confused. And not impressed.
Bob Chapek, call your office!
So John Williams scored a new suite of music for Galaxy's Edge and just put it in a drawer? There is music in the land.....
donsullivan
Premium Member
I've not heard of them actually using this for anything but the first day of general access, and even then only first thing in the morning. It certainly was not being used when I was there the afternoon of the first day of general access.
The Pho
Well-Known Member
I was there 3 separate days (July 5th, 6th, and 13th). It was being used every time I was near the Falcon, and the wait was always roughly 1 hour (excluding post earthquake fun time). I only waited in it the one time though, since the singles line was significantly shorter.
donsullivan
Premium Member
You learn something new every day...
Is it just for the initial opening surge, or across the span of the day? When I was there the posted wait time was often around 55 minutes and that was fully contained within the queue after the entrance. However, I did see the queue extend out into the plaza toward the Cantina a couple of times which I'm sure they don't want to have causing all that congestion. It always takes a little time to knock the kinks out of things and get the proper flow in place.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
This article says:
"The “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Overture Suite,” a track written by John Williams and inspired by the themed land inside the parks"
but it doesn't specifically say it would be used in the land.
Hear the New John Williams Suite from Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
The "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Symphonic Overture Suite," inspired by the themed land inside Disney Parks, is available now.
www.starwars.com
The Pho
Well-Known Member
I never went over there at opening, that’s valuable Mr Toad and Matterhorn time. So it was various times between noon and closing. I hop around the park a bit and would venture in and out of Galaxy’s Edge. And like I said, the only time I didn’t see people going through the big gates to the backstage queue, was after the Earthquake on the 5th, but there was a sea of people next to the Falcon then.
donsullivan
Premium Member
Interesting. I guess that means the demand for the attraction is climbing as the summer goes on and will likely stay that way until they open up Fastpass for the attraction. At least now we're seeing what things look like when an attraction of this scale and capacity doesn't have FP active. If they are using the overflow, it also means the reported wait times on the app are likely lower than the actual wait time since those are typically based on the time from the wait time sign to boarding. I'm kind of curious if they'll do that (open FP) before RotR comes on line in January, or if they wait until then.